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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY. AUGUST 2. 190T,
DESERVED
FIRST PRIZE
Portland Woodmen Praise the
Drill Team of Oregon City
Uniform Rank.
San Francisco and Los Angeles Teams
Given Second and Third Place
to Keep California
Pleased.
Members of uniform rank, No. 14S,
V. O. W. drill team, and oilier mem
bers who attended the head camp at
Seattle, arrived home at midnight.
Friday night.
The boys were disappointed In not
bringing home a prize, and doubly so
because in the opinion of all experts
they deserved first prize. That this
la not just "sorehead" talk by non
victors, is attested by an article in
the Oregonlan Saturday morning,
headed "Criticise the Judge. Wood
men Say Oregon City Should have
had a Drill Prize." The article voices
the opinion of members of Portland
camp 107, the team that won first
prize. According to the manual of
the Woodmen, the drill must be strict
ly military. The article states that
"From the members of the Portland
team, who have returned, there Is
Borne criticism of the judges for
awarding prizes to teams that put up
a fancy drill Instead of one strictly
military. Members of Portland team
say that Oregon City was entitled to
a prize, rather than San Francisco,
and they compliment very highly the
work of the boys from the factory
town. They say that a protest has
already been entered against the de
cision of the judges, asking that a
prize be awarded to Oregon City."
A protest was filed before the drill
against the Golden Gate team of
San Francisco, which was given the
second prize, on the grounds of hav
ing 28 men. instead of 16, the num
ber constituting a team according to
the manual. A protest was also filed
against the third prize winner, the
Los Angeles team, on charges of pro
fessionalism, it being a fancy drill
team and has been doing stage stunts
up and down the coast for a year
past.
The Oregon City team drilled per
fectly, and the Portland team did
well also. The latter carried the
most votes and was awarded the
prize, but the next should undoubted-.!
ly have come here, as the California I
the judges went, and spoke to Heal
Counsel Boak and he was heard to
say. "Give the ether two prizes to
California, or they will be n:ad."
Both the San Francisco and Port-
land teams exceeded the time limit, j
I
which fact alone should have barred i
them from prize?.
Major R. T. Earbur sat next to a
lieutenant colonel of the Washington
guard, during the drill. Mr. Earbur
was unknown to the guardsman and
the latter expressed his views freely.
He gave the Oregon City team first
place without question.
The boys didn't care for the money
, t ,. , ... , ..,. ,,
but did want the honor that would
have been theirs if there had been
square deal.
BIG VOTE FOR LITTLE.
Oregon City Man a Leading Candidate
at Red Men Great Council.
Mr. and Mrs. Waiter Little, Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Henningson and L.
A. Nobel have returned from Newport,
where the gentlemen went as repre -
sefltatives from Wacheno tribe to the
great council meting of Oregon, I. O.
R. M.
The. town by the sea very hospi
tably entertained the 57 representa
tives, a superb banquet being served
Thursday evening followed by a ball.
The great council was in session
three days. Mr. Little came within
seven votes of being elected great
junior sagamore, A. L. Curry of Bak
er. City being re-elected on the second
ballot. The other officers elected
were: Great sachem, G. N. Ferrin of
Marshfield; great senior sagamore, J.
A. Fitzgerald of Medford; great pro -
phet, L. L. Jacobs of Medford. R. W.
Rltner of Pendleton still has a year
to serve as great chief of records,
and Jacob Reisch of Portland, as
great keeper of wampum. Mr. Jacobs
was elected as representative to the
great council of the United States
which will meet at Norfolk, Va., in
September.
The next great council meeting of
Oregon will be held at Medford, In
July, 1908.
VICTIM OF BARLEYCORN.
Becoming Insane and Imagining
that he was being pursued by a
Dutchman armed with a p'Jehfork,
Peter Burgess, a well known resident
of (Ills city, Thursday, jumped into
the Aheruothy creek and would have
; drowned had It not hewn for the
'prompt action of John Uhason, who
'rescued Uurgtfss and turned him over
to the proper authorities.
Burgess' mania resulted from Inxvo.
Of lute he has been drinking pure
'alcohol, and for quite awhile his ac
tions have not been those of a sane
, man.
; Children of Kansas City addition
j where Burgess resides, have for some
i time been telling of seeing a wild
!nuw in that district, and of being
chased by him, and it Is the general
opinion that the subject of these
stories was Hurgess.
For years Burgess was noted for
his drinking, and once in a drunken
fit he tried to kill himself.
Three years ago he resolved to
drink no more, made an affidavit to
that effect, and in company with Rev.
E. S. Bollinger, then pastor of the
Congregational church of this city,
but now of Portland, visited all of
the Salomons and asked the proprietors
to sell him no more liquor. For a
few nionfhs Hurgess was a model
man, but in time the old longing
came back to him and he again be
gan drinking as hard as ever.
At the county Jail Burgess was in
a very noisy mood, and after placing
the bed clothes in several little piles
on the floor of his cell, he Inverted
the bedstead and did several other
little acts of the kind. He also In
sisted on doing a great deal of shout
ing. Burgess was examined before the
county court Friday morning by Dr.
Norris, and pronounced Insane. Ie
will be taken to Salem on the 5:01
train Friday evening.
All of his neighbors regret very
much the misfortune that has over
taken him, because In his sober mo
ments he was a good neigh!or. His
family are well respected by all who
are acquainted with them.
CAblNET MEMBERS
COME TO PORTLAND
1
James Wilson, secretary of agrlcul-
ture in the president's cabinet for
the last 11 years, will arrive in Port-
'land in a few days, and the Commer
cial club is preparing to entertain
the distinguished guest. Mr. Wilson
is now at Wenatchee, Wash., inves
tigating the work of the department
in that section.
Secretary Metcalf of the Navy, who
has been in California for some time,
is on his way to Portland.
It is assured that Secretary of'War
Taft and Mrs. Taft will arrive in
Portland September 5.
The Rose City recently entertained
Secretaries Strauss and Garfield, as
well a.s Vice President Fairbanks.
Five cabinet
members is a clear!
majority, but .when the visitors
turn to Washington and tell
of the
UnSUr-
beauties of 0re?on and
.m,S
the
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! other four will come, too.
FOSTERS TIM3ER CUTTING.
Many have a mistaken conception
of the policy of the government in
I establishing National Forests. It. is
i n -ir tViii Ttii rnnoo r.f nrii'intlri(r the
j""' . ' 7 . "
cutting of timber, but rather to en-
j .
jment supervision. All lands In the
'national forests are withdrawn from
! entry and put under the care of a
I forest rangsr. The timber on them.
J w hen ready for cutting, is sold by
I the government to any person who
j desires to purchase, but it must be
! cut according to government direc
tion. This saves the small trees, re
quires the proper clearing of the un
derbrush, a careful disposition of the
1 slash, and guarantees the perpetua-j
Uion of the forest
f
OLD LADY HANGS
HERSELF AT HOME'and shock grain and at last found a
Mrs. Jane Wilcox, 70 years old,
committed suicide at. the home of
'her granddaughter, Mrs. Henry Kad-
derly, 447 Florence street, Portland,
by hanging herself some time Wed
nesday night. She used a clothes-
line her body was found hanging
j from one of the stringer.? in the base-
ment at 7 o'clock Thursday morning.
Mrs. Wilcox retired at the usual
hour Wednesday night, and seemed
in good spirits. When the family
arose Thursday morning they missed
her and started a search, but did not
find her until a plumber came to
work and discovered' the corpse. Be
sides Mrs. Kadderly, Mrs. Wilcox
leaves two daughters, Mrs. Allie
James, of Wilhoit, and another living
in the East.
Mrs. Wilcox was feeble - minded
from old age, and is supposed to have
committed suicide in a fit of tempor-
ary Insanity,
AFTER CLUB
GAMBLING
Fout Churches Unite In Effort
to Suppress Notorious
Milwaukic Club
Letters Sent to Sheriff Beatle and
Deputy District Attorney Eby
Asking Law Be En
forced.
Four Oregon City churches are
going after the "Milwaukic Country
Club." That pool room and gambling
den Is to be run out of this county,
If it lies in the power of the churches
to do it.
Resolutions condemning the club,
c:)lllng upon District Attorney Hedges
to do his sworn duty and enforce the
law against gambling were adopted
Sunday by the Methodist, Presbyte
rian, Congregational and Baptist
churches.
It was also decided to appoint
general committee of two members
from each church. This committee
is to present the matter to the officers
in case the pent ion presented to the I
sheriff and district attorney does not
cause them to act.
C. II. Dye and F. R. Andrews
have been appointed as members of
this comii.lnee by tho Congregational
church; O. F. Olson and C. A. Wil
liams, Methodist; D. C. Latourette
I and J. V. filler, Baptist; Presby
terian not yet apHinted.
j Sheriff Beatie received notices from
the churches, Tuesday. District At
torney Hedges Is at St. Helens, while
Deputy District Attorney Eby Is in
Nevada.
Sheriff Beatie says his information
is similar to that of the writers of
the letters, who say they are Informed
,hat gambling takes p,are in thc Mil.
wauke country club. That seems to
be the general Impression, but the
Sheriff says he has asked many men
if they hail been there and they said
yes but denied seeing any gambling go
ing on. The grand jury tried to find
evidence enough to hang an indict
ment on a couple of years ago. but
couldn't, or at least did not.
There Is pending a civil suit for
recovery of money lost there In gam
bling, and it Is believed this suit will
reveal who the responsible parties
are.
The club is the favorite resort of
I Portland sports who "play the ponies."
Scores of young men and old ones,
too. gather there every
afternoon to
re-.bet on Eastern races.
jt j3 aso common report that rou-
.,0 utml nl:(i- prilna nnil ovpi'
ma-be thelrar0'is pla.t,,j there
One of the prime1 movers of the
J present crusade Is vary confident of
j victory. He said, Tuesday, that with
j the help of the newspapers the Joint.
could be closed within three weeks
UNLESS IT'S CLACKAMAS.
If there is an idle man In Ilenton
county these days: it Is because he U'
either disabled or too worthless to
accept honest employment at good
wages, for there Is work for all who
will accept it, says the Corvallis Ga
zette. Like the Invitation in the
good b'xik it is a case of "whosoever
will may come" and the wages offered
are tempting enough to satisfy even
the chronic kicker. A man came out
from Hlodget a few day3 ago look
ing for a helper. At home acres upon
acres of ripe grain awaited the bind-
I er and there was no one to shock In
the field after the bundles were
ready. The farmer was desperate.
He hunted until almost midnight for
a man who would go home with him
1 13-year-old boy to whom he offered
$1.50 per day and board. The boy
went. The man was Jim Elodgett, and
the story cornes from a thoroughly
reliable source. It Is declared that
some Eenton county farmers paid
helpers In the hay field $2.50 per
day and boarded them, this season.
Wages on the farm, In years gone
by, have been as low as $20 a month.
The difference In figures then and
now Is significant, 'it shows how the
Willamette Valley is prospering and
how
every man In this section has
work at
good wages.
There Is no better place, for the
homeseeker to head for when he
"pulls up stakes" In the East, than
Benton county.
CONNECTING FLUMES.
The concrete work around and over
the flumes through the north basin
wall will be finished tonight and work
will then begin on connecting up the
flumes both for the water works and
woolen mill. The latter will in all
probability, reopen next Monday.
TAFT COMING TO PORTLAND.
William It. Tart, secretary of war,
and the man whom many believe will
be the next Republican nominee for
president, accompanied by Mrs, Tuft,
will be the guest of Portland when he
passes through that city on his way
to the Philippine islands, on Thurs
flay evening, September R. Hans for
the entertainment of Secretary Tuft
are being arranged by the Oregon De
velopment league mid are not yet com
pleted. It Is promised, however, to
hold a public reception Friday night,
September fi, in Hut Armory, which
will give all those who desire an op
portunity to meet the distinguished
visitor It In expetced that tho Secre
tary will address the large gathering.
During the afternoon of September li,
Secretary Taft will Inspect Vancouver
Barracks. Portland will be the. Sec
retary's llrst stopping place In tho
Pacific Northwest.
KEY IN ROOM YET
WAS A PRISONER
A roomer in one of the leading
hotels of this city went to the win
dow of his n)in to satisfy himself
that the sun was still shining ami
nature was still pursuing her usual
course. He was attracted by a sound
of shouting and someone hanging on
a door., and presently a head ap
peared out of another window and
asked the first roomer to kindly In
form the proprietor of the hostelry
that he was locked In and had no key,
and would consider It a favor If tho
proprietor would come and liberate
him.
The roomer did as reipiested, and a
party was dispatched with the key,
followed by a few of the curious, to
render the help asked for. On arrlv -
lug at the door of the room designated
by the prtsoner, the relief party was
surprised to m the door open and:
the occupant of the room walk out.
He explained that after asking for
help he found tho key lying on the
floor close to the door. After a laugh
all around, all hands descended to
breakfast, and the affair was recorded
in the annals of the hotel.
KNOCKED DOWN lY
COW; ARM BROKEN
Wa'.ter Newman, the 13 year old
son of Mr. and Mrs. Newman of the
West Side, was thrown by a cow Fri
day and sustained a fractured arm.
Just how the accident occurred Is
a mystery. The lad says the cow 1
purposely threw him, while others i
say mai sue turned suuueniy wmio,,,,, ,,ar .r,nm. ,,r ,111Ht,jin( r.
being bothered by flies and accident- j turning from work heard the seven
ally threw the boy, who was walking j montllM , ,a,y crylll)? violently and
by her side. (searching for the mother he and
Dr. Carll was summoned, and j n,.Ki,ors found her dead In six
dressed Walter's Injuries, which were;ft.t ()f wal(.r mMr th ,,, ,,mv ,(
found to be a compound fracture of im,.t hr d,.llth l4 ,)f ,.,lllrs ,,,..
the left arm and a severe bruising Ul.,y known ,, W(ll4 ,,. ,t N
of the right. i supposed she was dipping water ami
Some years ago, Walter lost the lh KaU. KttV0 way P ,, ,,.,,
front part of one if his feet In a street u l(, lhrow m,.,,rlR ()Ver. The
car accident, and this fact makes his n.,hiHir i11)Ilril ., ,.v ,,. Tlu,
j present mishap doubly sad.
ABANDONED HIS CHILDREN.
Living In blissful, guilty content
with his wife's sister, Felix Vouk j
learned Saturday noon that the arm j
of the law, while It may grope blindly
at times, Is long as long anyway as j
the distance from St. Cloud, Minn.,
to Oregon City, Or.
Joseph F. Kick, deputy sheriff of
Stearns county, Minn., accompanied
by Sheriff Beatie, arrested Vouk at
noon while at work In the Willamette
... . i
I'll 1 p & I'aper company s mills, on
the charge of abandoning his children
back in Minnesota. The penalty for
that ofTense under the Minnesota law
Is imprisonment at hard labor In tho
penitentiary from two to seven years.
Vouk has been living In Oregon
City for about HI months, and every
body supposed his sister-in-law was
his wife. A child was born to them
sometime ago but the little one lived
only a short while. ' Vouk resided on
Seventh street at that time. He is
a great, husky man, weighing about
2.'!0 pounds.
Elch arrived in Oregon City sevoral
days ago, made sure the man was
here and then went on to Salem and
got a requisition. Vouk was surprised
when taken Into custody, as he prob
ably thought he was surely safe 1500
miles from his deserted wife and
children. Sheriff Elch and his pris
oner will start, east from Portland
Saturday evening.
The St. Cloud authorities picked up
a clue as to Vouk's whereabouts and
sent a photograph of him to Sheriff
Beatie, who found the original and
notified the St. Cloud sheriff.
William Myers of Woodburn, for
merly of this city, and a party of
friends left Oregon City Saturday
morning for an outing In the Molalla
country,
VzULyJULllayVJ 1 la ISl IJJ
TENTH AND MORRISON STREETS, PORTLAND, OREGON
A. P. ARMSTRONG. LL. ., PRINCIPAL
Educates for suecesn in a nlurt time and at tunult expense, ami send citch stu
dent to n position as soon as competent. Quality U our motto, and reputation for
thorough work brings us over 100 cull per inoiitli for otlico Help. Individual lit.
tructiou Insures rapid progress. We teach the loose leaf, tho card index, the
voucher and other modern method of bookkeeping. Churtier in our shorthand;
tnsy, rapid, legible. Hcuutiful catalogue, business forms and jxriitnauship frce
tvrite today, References: any merchant, any bank, any newspaper In Purtlum
WORTH $5000 BUT
FAILS TO PROVIDE
CHARGE BROUGHT AGAIN8T HUS
BAND BY BRIDE OF ONLY
FEW MONTHS.
Fannie. llolloway asks separation Alleging cruel and Inhuman treat'
from Harry !. llolloway, charging tl- ' lufut, Mlnnto IliirrN has Instituted dl
sertlon. The couple were married In 1 voice proceedings against Olio 0. liar
this city April 15. I'.m'.l,' and plaintiff j rls. They were married at llarlliind,
w as deserted In Portland February 13. j Wanh,, June 27, lit1"!, and Immediately
I'.miTi. 'after the nuptials ho says the defend-
Mrs. llolloway owns a lot In Se-Jttm began to treat tho plaintiff In a
wood and ask tho court to give her I cruel maimer, and deserted her tho
full ponsesslon of this property us ' following September,
well as the divorce, ,, ,.,, pr,,fau u, v!o language
Through Titen & Sehuebel. I.ydla !,,.,,,,, y whl.n ,,, her company, and
I), ltarbur has Instituted dlvoree pro-1 (ll.,,UHlH, h,,r f Mn)t ,, , llm
ceedlngs against O. L, Burbur. The tlU!loll(.u n Kn,.w .ilfforont.
couplo were married In this city Jan-1
jiiary 10. and the plaintiff accuses her i
husband of calling her vile names!
iand treating her with abuse. She ul-
j leges ho has failed to provide her.
(with necessary clothing. Burbur owns
property to the extent of over $:,,"o,
!s plaintiff thinks he has no excuse:
for failure to provide for her.
i of late, she nays, he has acquired
the habit of purloining furniture and:
personal property of the plaintiff, and
j threatens to take still more and sell
, them. Fearing that he may make
.good this threat. Mrs, ltarbur asks
,for an order restraining htm from j
.taking any more of her property. I
Sh Is without funds to start dl-j
j vorco proceedings ho she asks for!
$73 as attorney, fees and temporary j
! alimony. . j
MRS. ELOYD KING IS
DROWNED IN RIVER
Mrs. Floyd King was drowned lu the
Willamette river about l!;13 o'clock.
Friday evening. Tin- family was liv
ing In a houselsiat launched ut Fill-
gate was broken from Its fastening
and lying In the water near by.
Mrs. King wbm but nineteen yours
of ago ami was getting ready for a
visit to her mother, Mrs. Mary Sny
der of Iledland. They were formtrly
residents of Oregon City. The re-
mains were brought' from Portland to 'merely the style of languago adopted
Oregon City on the O. W. P. Saturday 'y Mourner Ruth In explaining to
afternoon, and from hor they wore'lli" I'laiuond 0 Just why It was nee
taken to Iledland where the burial j 'ary that the former should get
will take place. i pat the lutter as soon as possible.
Floyd King Is a son of W. S. King' T,l,) rlv"r l,,ur lh" "rk" tm,'A
this city, and has bi'sti engaged
the real estate business at Portland.
WHEN A MISS IS
GOOD AS A MILK
Chris Ilullard at Ely was having a j
little target practice with a 22 calibre
rlllo Wednesday evening and almost
hit a neighbor In the head. Ho had i
a board with a mark on It at the base
of a picket fence. . Tlie bullet went '
through the board, struck tho hard
ground In tho chicken lot of E. 0. j A new time card goes Into effect
Seeley and springing straight , up, August 1 on the Southern Pacific'
missed by a few inches hitting Mr. The only change affecting the run
Seeley In the forehead, It was neariilng of trains through Oregon City la
enough a tragedy to suit both prlnci-tho northbound Cottage Orovo local
pals.
Consumption is less
Certain relief and
will result from the following treatment:
Hope, rest, fresh air, and Scoffs
Emulsion.
ALL DRUQQIST8I
THREE COUPLES ARE
GRANTED DIVORCES
0. E. DWYER MUST PAY $1000 ALI
MONYANOTHER NEW SUIT
FILED.
I While accusing lur of being untrue
be was keeping ciiiupuny with other
women and refuted to May at homo
Aft"r 1'",,,,r", t'"r. ll:irrU refused
,l ""I'l"'" " '"" ""'
I pelled to MUp;lort herself niro then.
i causing her great humiliation and
greatly Impairing her health. She
IttliS to be Allowed tO lMtIIIO her
"lttM"n ,nw' Mlnnln lUM
Divorces Granted.
Judgo Mciliido handed down
Wed-
nesday, the following decisions;
Mrs. I). Uwyor was trained
a .11-
vorco from . 11 Pwyer, the custody
of the four children and $lio ali
mony. Caroline U. Jones wa separated
'from Fred N. Jones and was given tho
(care of her Hon. Fred F. The court
aUo ordered tho d-d.-nuant to pay her
l$l'j a month for the cure of the child.
Alibi HanleU wa d'wiroed from
i KMmi HanleU and given tho care of
i Violette Daniel,
STEAMERS SHRIEK
AND CITIZENS RUN
Many people living on .or m-ar
Main htreet were startled by a great
deal of whistling by boat-t on tho
liver Saturday morning A erle of
short discordant shrieks would bo fol
lo'ved by a long I'.abylonlou Inhar
monious wall, and the performance
would be repeilt"d,
Certain that there were several
bonis and all tho dock afire, or a rep
Itltlon of the rectn t "Columbia" dis
aster was taking place, hundreds'
rushed to the river bank In order to
witness the dread affair.
On arriving at the river all were
disappointed, as the whistling was
l with logs to such an extent that
'"' H "'" row channel u left for tho
boats to go through.
The Dlaiond 0 was engaged In
pumping oil Into one of the tanks on
the west, side ami occupied tho larg
est part of the channel, and thr Ruth
was thus prevented from steaming up
to the (). H. and N. dock.
i After a great deal of whistling the
jHu'li succeeded In getting past tho
other steamer.
S. P. CHANGES TIME.
will ho a half-hour later.
deadly than it used to be. "8
usually complete recovery
BOo. AND 91.00.